Verify that PowerExchange supports the versions and release levels of your operating system and data sources.

Verify that the z/OS Installation Assistant is installed on a 64-bit Windows system. The installation will fail if you attempt to run the z/OS Installation Assistant from a 32-bit system.

Get a valid license key.

If the Microsoft .NET Framework is not installed on your Windows machine, double-click dotnetfx35.exe in the PowerExchange installation directory to install it.

Verify that the new PowerExchange release is compatible with your PowerCenter release on Linux, UNIX, or Windows.

If you plan to run the new PowerExchange instance with other existing PowerExchange instances in your environment, verify that all of the PowerExchange instances have

version

.

release

.

modification

levels that are compatible.

If you are upgrading from a previous release, verify that you have addressed all applicable upgrade issues.